
Team
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Prof. Dr. habil. Thorsten Schäfer (Supervision)
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Thorsten Schäfer
Prof. Dr. habil.
Telephone: 03641 / 948640
Telefax: 03641 / 948622
E-Mail: thorsten.schaefer@uni-jena.dePersonal information
Birth Date and Place: 11.09.1969, Wiesbaden, Germany
Marital Status: Married, 3 childrenEducational history
- 2008
- Habilitation (Priv. Doz. Dr. habil., 2008)
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Geosciences, Germany
Advisor: Prof. Dr. A. Pekdeger
- Habilitation (Priv. Doz. Dr. habil., 2008)
- 1998
- Ph.D. in Hydrogeology (Dr. rer. nat., 1998)
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Geosciences, Germany
Advisors: Prof. Dr. D. Schenk, Prof. Dr. F. Sirocko (University of Mainz)
- Ph.D. in Hydrogeology (Dr. rer. nat., 1998)
- 1994
- Diploma in Geology (Dipl. Geol., 1994)
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Geosciences, Germany
Advisors: Prof. Dr. D. Schenk & Dr. H. Knoke, Department of Geoscience
- Diploma in Geology (Dipl. Geol., 1994)
Employment
- seit 6/2017
University Professor and Chair of Applied Geology
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (FSU) Jena, Germany
Institute of Earth Sciences - 10/2014 – 2017
Professor of Chemical Environmental Geology
Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Department of Applied Geosciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences - 2014 – 2017
Deputy Director
Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
of the Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) - 2009 – 2017
Deputy divisional head "Geochemistry"
Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
of the Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) - 2008 – 2009
Stellvertretender Leiter Abteilung "Geochemie"
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany - 2004 – 2012
Group Leader "Radionuclide Migration"
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany - 2002 – 2009
Group Leader "Colloid Chemistry"
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany - 1999 – 2000
Staff scientist
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany - 2000 – 2001
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Brookhaven National Laboratory (NSLS) & State University of New York, USA - 1996 – 1998
Research Associate
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
DFG priority program 546 "Geochemical processes with long-term effects in anthropogenically- affected seepage and groundwater" - 1994 – 1995
Research Associate
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
German Research Foundation (DFG) priority program 546 "Geochemical processes with long-term effects in anthropogenically-affected seepage and groundwater" - 1994
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Compilation of a hydrocarbon reservoir rock data base for the expert system FROCKI (German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology, DGMK) - 1995 – 1996
Military Service
Department of air traffic control (AFSBw)
Awards and recognitions
- 2000
Johannes Gutenberg PhD award for outstanding scientific research - 2008
Scientific Highlight of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)
(http://www.bnl.gov/isd/documents/44323.pdf)
Service
International
- 2017 – present
Associated Editor for Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry, Elsevier - 2016 – present
Guest Editor for Geothermal Energy Journal, Springer - 2015 –2016
Guest Editor for Clays and Clay Minerals - 2014 – present
Associated Editor, Applied Geochemistry, Elsevie - 2010 – present
Member of the expert panel on radionuclide migration in plastic clays for the ONDRAF/NIRAS and SCK∙CEN preparation of the Safety and Feasibility Case-1 (SFC-1) - 2006 – present
Laboratory coordinator of the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) Colloid Formation & Migration (CFM) project - 2005 – present
Representative of INE in the NEA-OECD "ClayClub" focusing on the characterization, the understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations
Proposal Review Committee (PRT) member of the PSI-SLS synchrotron facility "Hard XAS", Advanced light source (ALS, Berkeley) & Canadian Light Source (CLS) Panel on Geoscience applications
National
- 2013 – present
Principal investigator (PI); research field energy proposal for a Helmholtz research programme "Renewable Energies Topic 4: Geothermal Energy Systems" (2015-2019) - 2013 – present
Principal investigator (PI); research field energy proposal for a Helmholtz research programme "Nuclear Waste Management and Safety as well as Radiation Research Topic 1: Nuclear Waste Management" (2015-2019) - 2016 – 2017
Member "Geo/Water" of the Council for Research and Promotion of Young Scientists (CRYS) at KIT - 2014 – 2017
Deputy Topic speaker "Georesources" of the KIT Climate and Environment Center - 2012 – present
Member of the Holcim-Award - 2009 – present
Advisory committee member of the "Center of Competence for Material Moisture, CMM"
- 2008
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Regina Piechnick (Secretary)
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Regina Piechnick
Secretary
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H101
Telephone: 03641 / 948621
Fax: 03641 / 948622
E-Mail: regina.piechnick@uni-jena.de
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Merten, Dirk Dr. (Head of Laboratory)
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Dirk Merten
Dr.
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H118
Telephone: 03641 / 948616
E-Mail: dirk.merten@uni-jena.de
Employment
Dr. Dirk Merten, born on 29. January 1969 in Lünen
- 10/89 – 11/94
- Studies of Chemistry at the University of Dortmund
- Studies of Chemistry at the University of Dortmund
- 10/94 – 11/94
- Diploma examination
- Diploma examination
- 01/95 – 08/95
- Diploma thesis (translated from German):
"Modelling and experimental verification of the evaporation behaviour
of refractory particles for ICP-OES with pneumatic nebulization of suspensions"
- Diploma thesis (translated from German):
- 08/95
- Grade: Dipl.-Chem.
- Grade: Dipl.-Chem.
- 09/95 – 12/98
- PhD in the group Analytical Chemistry (translated from German):
"Development of direct and coupled methods for the analysis of ZrO2
based ceramic powders using fast sequential atomic emission spectrometry with the inductively coupled plasma."
- PhD in the group Analytical Chemistry (translated from German):
- 12/98
- Grade: Dr. rer. nat.
- Grade: Dr. rer. nat.
- 07/97 – 08/97
- Stay abroad at ISA Jobin Yvon in France, funded by the LEONARDO-Project oft he European Union
- Stay abroad at ISA Jobin Yvon in France, funded by the LEONARDO-Project oft he European Union
- seit 07/99
- Responsible for the ICP-MS system at the Institute of Geosciences at the Friedrich Schiller university Jena
- Responsible for the ICP-MS system at the Institute of Geosciences at the Friedrich Schiller university Jena
- seit 11/03
- Head of the Hydrogeochemical lab at the Institute of Geosciences at the Friedrich Schiller university Jena
Academic teaching
Bio-Geo-Colloquium (WS and SS), in English
In a weekly lecture series lecturers report on their research on the manifold interactions in the systems atmosphere, plant, soil, and groundwater. The lecture series is focused on the spatially and temporally extremely diverse microbiological, molecular genetic, geological, hydrogeochemical, mineralogical, pedological, and geoecological mechanisms transport and impact of substances in the environment rely on.
The current program can be found here [pdf, 283 kb] de
Schedule: during the lecture period, Tuesday, 5.15 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lecture Hall, Wöllnitzer Str. 7
Methods applied in hydrogeochemistry (WS), in German
Knowledge of sampling groundwater and surface water and its preservation for analysis for organic and inorganic water constituents is provided. An introduction to various analytical methods for dissolved and colloidal water constituents and for extraction from soils is given. Practical applications are made to check plausibility and to evaluate and present analytical results.
(For current dates please search in the course catalog under event no.: 45686)
Isotope methods in Hydrogeology (WS), in German
An overview of the application of stable and radioactive isotopes for hydrogeological problems is given. The basics of measurement methodology of isotopes will be presented and data of different isotope methods from literature will be applied in practical exercises. Current measurement methodologies for the determination of stable isotopes will be practically applied and the obtained data will be evaluated.
(For current dates please search in the course catalog under event no.: 45717 and 45718)
Bio-Geo-Interactions 1 (Part 2) , in German
Literature and database research on selected topics in the geosciences and biosciences and the presentation of the acquired knowledge promote the ability to work independently in a scientific manner.
(For current dates please search in the course catalog under event no.: 22750)
Projects
- USER
- Fluxes and mechanisms of heavy metal uptake by plants from contaminated soil with special emphasis on rare earth elements
- KOBIOGEO
Research
Rare earth elements as tools for process studies in various environmental compartments
After normalization to suitable standards such as Post Archean Australian Shale Rare earth elements (REE: La- Lu) can be applied to study processes such as dissolution, co(preciptation), sorption in the system water, soil, rock, and biota. A list of publications on these topics may be found here.
However, the application of REE for process studies relies on high qualitative analytical data. Typically, concentrations of REE in the environment are rather low while matrix elements are often highly concentrated thus impeding analytical measurements. For this reason methods for matrix separation/enrichment of REE from the water phase and for the interfrence free determination of REE are developed (further). Publications on this topic can be found here.
A further research topic is the microbial impact on geochemical processes.
- 10/89 – 11/94
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Böhm, Marcus
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Marcus Böhm
M.Sc. Geography
Telephone: 03641 948669
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111 A
E-Mail: marcus.boehm@uni-jena.de
Project assignment: BMBF-Project TRANS-LARA
Employment
- Since January 2018:
- PhD-student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Institute of Geosciences
Chair of Applied Geology
- PhD-student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- October 2014 - February 2017:
- Master program: Geography (M.Sc.)
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Master's thesis: "The importance of internal re-dissolution potentials of nutrients and heavy metals in polymictic shallow lakes using the example of Lake Süsser See"
- Master program: Geography (M.Sc.)
- October 2011 - September 2014
- Bachelor program: Geography (B.Sc.)
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Bachelor program: Geography (B.Sc.)
Field of research interests:
My last research topics were related to the investigation of the Fe-S-C-systems of (semi-)terrestrial and aquatic sediment bodies. Within my PhD thesis in the TRANS-LARA project I am working on the effect of colloids/nanoparticles on the transfer of radionuclides from the saturated groundwater system through the vadose zone to the biosphere (soil) under different climatic scenarios expected within the safety assessment period of a deep geological nuclear waste repository.
Further Interests: Limnology, GIS, Botany
- Since January 2018:
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Berger, Dietrich
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Dietrich Berger
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H307
Telephone: 03641 / 948618
E-Mail: dietrich.berger@uni-jena.de
Vegetation is a main landscape feature. It is anthropogenic influenced more or less and subjected to succession. Particularly dynamic changes can be observed in devastated post mining areas as around Ronneburg. Standardized vegetation surveys are necessary to analyze such changes, for example vegetation survey according to Braun-Blanquet. With ecological indicator values of different species site conditions can be concluded."
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Buchwald, Frank
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Frank Buchwald
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H009
Telephone: 03641 / 948603
E-Mail: frank.buchwald@uni-jena.de
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Buhler, Ulrike
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Ulrike Buhler
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H309D and L002
Telephone: 03641 / 948641 und 03641 / 948649
E-Mail: ulrike.buhler@uni-jena.de
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Gil-Díaz, Teba
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Teba Gil-Díaz
Dr.
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111B (FSU JENA) / 206e(KIT-INE)
Telephone: +49 3641 948644 (FSU JENA) / +49 721 6082 9332(KIT-INE)
E-Mail: teba.gil-diaz@uni-jena.de
Education
- 2013 – 2015
- Master program: Marine Environment and Resources (ERASMUS Mundus MSc MER)
University of Bordeaux (UBx)/University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)/ University of Liège (ULg)
- Master program: Marine Environment and Resources (ERASMUS Mundus MSc MER)
- 2008-2013
- Diploma: Marine Sciences
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Diploma: Marine Sciences
Employment
- Since 2019
- Postdoc in Geochemistry of mineral surface reactions
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (IGW), Germany
Project: CONCERT, DFG SPP 2005 “Opus Fluidum Futurum – Rheology of reactive, multiscale, multiphase construction materials”
Advisors: Thorsten Schäfer (Jena - IGW), Frank Heberling (KIT-INE) and Johannes Lützenkirchen (KIT-INE)
- Postdoc in Geochemistry of mineral surface reactions
- 2015 – 2018
- PhD in Geochemistry and Ecotoxicology
University of Bordeaux (UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC), France
Project: AMORAD Project (ANR-11-RSNR-0002)
Coastal biogeochemical behaviour of antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te): an approach to Sb and Te radionuclide dispersal scenarios in case of accidental nuclear power plant releases
Supervisors: Jörg Schäfer (UBx) and Frédérique Eyrolle (IRSN - Cadarache)
- PhD in Geochemistry and Ecotoxicology
- 2017/2018
- Teacher fellow
University of Bordeaux, France
- Teacher fellow
- 2013 – 2015
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Hellmann, Steffen
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Steffen Hellmann
M. Sc. Chemistry – Energy – Environment
PhD student in the structured PhD program of the International Max Planck Research School for global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena associated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 305
Telephone: 03641 / 948667
Fax: 03641 / 948622
E-Mail: steffen.hellmann@uni-jena.deProject affiliation(s): DFG SPP 2005, CONCERT-CCair
Employment
- Since Feb. 2021
- PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Institute of Geosciences
Working group: Applied Geology
associated with the - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Biogeochemical Processes
Working group: Molecular Biogeochemistry - Thesis-Working title: Application of single particle/single cell ICP-MS to geotechnical and biogeochemical liquid sample
- PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- October 2018 – December 2020
- Master program: Chemistry - Energy - Environment (M. Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena - Master’s thesis (applied at: Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas, Jena): Analytical Investigations to estimate phosphorus re-dissolution rates in trace levels of selected topsoils and river sediments
- Master program: Chemistry - Energy - Environment (M. Sc.)
- September 2014 – February 2018
- Bachelor program: Chemistry- and Environmental Engineering (B. Sc.)
Technische Hochschule Lübeck - Bachelor’s thesis (applied at: Helmholtz-Centre Geesthacht): Element fingerprint of sediment samples from the German river Weser as well as method development for the measurement of stable Pb isotope ratios using ICP-MS/MS
- Bachelor program: Chemistry- and Environmental Engineering (B. Sc.)
- August 2012 – June 2014
- Further apprenticeship to Environmental Protection Engineer
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Berufskolleg Werne - Title of project work applied at Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster): Documentation of the remediation of contaminated sites on an industrial site in “Kreis Warendorf (Germany)” with the focus on the comparison of remediation alternatives and the interpretation of pollutant analysis
- Further apprenticeship to Environmental Protection Engineer
- August 2008 – June 2011
- Apprenticeship to Chemistry Laboratory Worker
Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster
- Apprenticeship to Chemistry Laboratory Worker
Career
- July 2011 – August 2012
- Chemistry Laboratory Worker (full time),
Department: Organic chemistry, GC-ECD / GC- MS, PCB analytics
Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster
- Chemistry Laboratory Worker (full time),
Awards
- November 2018
- Winner of the Possehl-Engineer price 2018
Possehl-Stiftung Lübeck for the best thesis of TH Lübeck
- Winner of the Possehl-Engineer price 2018
Stay abroad
- April 2018 – August 2018
- ERASMUS+ research internship
Department: Trace Element Speciation Laboratory (TESLA)
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
- ERASMUS+ research internship
Publications
- Manuscript (3rd author): The Use of Microwave-Induced Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry for Fluorine Determination and its Application to Tea Infusions https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039914021001119?via%3Dihub
- Conference paper (2nd author): Sr-Nd-Pb Isotope Systems as Fingerprinting Tools to Trace Anthropogenic Controls on the Weser River System (Germany) https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/abstracts/abstractView?doi=10.46427/gold2020.549
- Since Feb. 2021
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Hupfer, Sarah
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Sarah Hupfer
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 111B
Telephone: 03641 / 948644
E-Mail: Sarah.Hupfer@uni-jena.de
Employment
- Since 08/2019
- Postdoc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
- Postdoc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
- 08/2014-12/2018
- Research fellow at Leibniz-Institut for Applied Geophysics in the section Rock Physics & Borehole Geophysics
Project: Junior Research Group Subrosion - Investigation of the complex electrical properties for the characterization of carbonate rocks.
PhD thesis: Spectral Induced Polarization of an enhanced pore space characterization and analysis of solution processes of carbonate rocks
- Research fellow at Leibniz-Institut for Applied Geophysics in the section Rock Physics & Borehole Geophysics
Education
- 2011-2014
- Master program: Geosciences (M.Sc.)
Specialization geophysics
University of Potsdam
Master's thesis: Systematic Investigations of the Complex Electrical Resistance of Mineral-Sand-Mixtures
- Master program: Geosciences (M.Sc.)
- 2008-2011
- Bachelor program: Geosciences (B.Sc.)
University of Potsdam
Bachelor's thesis: Coulomb Voltage Changes caused by the Tohoku-oki Earthquake
- Bachelor program: Geosciences (B.Sc.)
- Since 08/2019
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Jara Heredia, Daniel
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Daniel Jara Heredia
Dr.
Field of Work: Transport and geochemical modelling
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 307
Telephone: 03641 / 948618
E-Mail: daniel.jara.heredia@uni-jena.de
Education
- 10/2013-06/2017
- PhD in Hydrogeology (Doctorat en sciences de la terre)
Supervisor: Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy
Université de Rennes 1, France
PhD Title: Improvement of the numerical capacities of simulation tools for reactive transport modelling in porous media
- PhD in Hydrogeology (Doctorat en sciences de la terre)
- 09/2005-06/2011
- Diploma: Engineering (Enginyer Industrial/Ingeniero Industrial)
Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB)
Diploma thesis: DNB and void fraction TRACE models with PSBT experiments
Supervisor: Tomasz Kozlowski
- Diploma: Engineering (Enginyer Industrial/Ingeniero Industrial)
Employment
- 04/2018-today
Postdoc at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
TRANS-LARA project
- 10/2016-03/2017
- PhD candidate (Ingénieur d'études) in CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
- 10/2013-09/2016
- PhD candidate (Ingénieur Thésard) in ANDRA (Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Dèchets Radioactifs)
ANDRA Supervisor: Benoit Cochepin
- PhD candidate (Ingénieur Thésard) in ANDRA (Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Dèchets Radioactifs)
- 10/2013-06/2017
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Kamp, Ines
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Ines Kamp
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room L002 and H015
Telephone: 03641 / 948649 und 03641 / 948708
E-Mail: ines.kamp@uni-jena.de
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Kusturica, Annemie
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Annemie Kusturica
M.Sc. Geoscience
Telephone: 03641 948697
Room: H121
E-Mail:
Project assignment:
Professional career
- Since July 2021
- Scientific assistant/PhD candidate
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Project: WTZ-Granit
- Scientific assistant/PhD candidate
Education
- April 2018- May 2021
- Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
Specialization Geology
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Master´s thesis: Calcite fracture-fillings as geochemical archive and natural retention of trace-elements
- Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
- Oktober 2014 - September 2018
- Bachelor program: Bio-Geoscience (B.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Bachelor´s thesis: Aufreinigung von Siderphoren aus Bodenbakterien des Schlöppnerbrunnen
- Bachelor program: Bio-Geoscience (B.Sc.)
- Since July 2021
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Lange, Dan Frederik
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Dan Frederik Lange
M.Sc. Marine Geosciences
PhD student in the graduate program International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, in association with the Max Planck Institute for BiogeochemistryRoom: B1.019 (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry)
Telefon: 03641 / 576146
Telefax: 03641 / 948622
E-Mail:dan.frederik.lange@uni-jena.deAcademic Education
- Since Feb. 2021
- PhD-Student an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institute of Geosciences.
Faculty for Applied Geosciences.
Associated with the - Max Planck Institute for Biogeosciences
Department Biogeochemical Processes
Working group: Molecular Biogeochemistry
- PhD-Student an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2020
- Master program: Marine Geosciences (M.Sc.)
Specialization: Biogeochemistry
University of Bremen - Master's thesis: Position-specific 13C labeling of amino acids: Water column turnover and microbial transformation pathways in the shelf region off Cape Blanc. Hinrichs Lab, Marum
- Master program: Marine Geosciences (M.Sc.)
- Oct. 2012 – March 2017
- Bachelor program: Geosciences (B. Sc.)
University of Bremen
Specialization: Geochemie - Bachelor's thesis: Vergleich von lipidischen SST-Proxys in Partikel- und Sedimentproben in Abhängigkeit von der Wassertiefe am Kontinentalrand vor Nordwest-Iberien. Hinrichs Lab, Marum.
- Bachelor program: Geosciences (B. Sc.)
- August 2003 – Mai 2012
- Abitur, A level.
Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium, Itzehoe
- Abitur, A level.
Awards
- Dec. 2020
- Best Thesis Award in Marine Geosciences, for the master thesis. University of Bremen
- Since Feb. 2021
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Lehmann, Susanne
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Susanne Lehmann
Dr.
Room: H304
Telephone: 03641 / 948634
E-Mail: Lehmann.Susanne@uni-jena.de
Project assignment:
RENA Biological radionuclide removal using natural association processes - (BMBF: 02NUK066B)Field of Work:
Pore space characterisation and reactive transport modellingEmployment
- Since December 2021
- Postdoc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
Project: RENA
- Postdoc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
- 7/2021-12/2021
- Engineer at Baugrundbüro Dr.-Ing. Weißenburg Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH at Naumburg
- Engineer at Baugrundbüro Dr.-Ing. Weißenburg Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH at Naumburg
- 10/2019- 09/2020
- Engineer at IAF Radioökologie Gmbh in Radeberg, Development of radiochemical methods and nuclear physical measurements for environmental analysis
- Engineer at IAF Radioökologie Gmbh in Radeberg, Development of radiochemical methods and nuclear physical measurements for environmental analysis
- 12/2014-07/2019
- Research fellow at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dreden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Department of Surface Processes
Project: EDUKEM: Development and implementation of experimental methods for improved modelling of uranium-containing saline solutions (translated)
- Research fellow at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dreden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Department of Surface Processes
- 2012-2013
- Research assistant at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
Project: Reservoir-quality study of the greater Grijpskerk area, onshore the Netherlands
- Research assistant at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
Education
- 12/2014 - 07/2019
- PhD in Radiochemistry (Dr. rer. nat)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dreden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Department of Surface Processes
TU Dresden, School of Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Doctoral thesis: Uranium under reducing conditions - Spectroscopic and thermodynamic characterization of aqueous speciation (translated)
Supervisors: Prof. Thorsten Stumpf, Dr. Robin Steudtner
- PhD in Radiochemistry (Dr. rer. nat)
- 2008 - 2014
- Diploma Studies: Geology
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
Diploma thesis: Effects of clay mineral formation on the reservoir quality of Rotliegend sandstones of the Slochteren Formation of the NE Netherlands (translated)
Supervisor: Prof. Reinhard Gaupp
- Diploma Studies: Geology
Publication
- Thermodynamic and structural aspects of the aqueous uranium(IV) system – hydrolysis vs. sulfate complexation, Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 17898-17907, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9DT02886B
- Since December 2021
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Leins, Alessio
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Alessio Leins
Telephone: +49 331 288 28702
E-Mail: alessio.leins@gfz-potsdam.de
Project affiliation: REFLECT - Redefining geothermal fluid properties at extreme conditions to optimize future geothermal energy extraction.Education
- Since January 2020
- PhD Candidate
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Earth Sciences
- PhD Candidate
- 2015-2019
- Master program: Geoecology (M.Sc.)
University Potsdam
Master's Thesis: Release and fate of organic and inorganic matter from the Batagaika thaw slump to the Yana River in central Yakutia (Russia) due to rapid permafrost degradation
- Master program: Geoecology (M.Sc.)
- 2012-2015
- Bachelor progam: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- Bachelor progam: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
- Since January 2020
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Mahajan, Shubhangi
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Shubhangi, Mahajan
Msc. Mikrobiology
Adress: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H304
Telephone: 03641 / 948634
E-Mail: Shubhangi.Mahajan@uni-jena.de
Project affiliation: CRC AquaDiva-C07
Employment
- Since October 2021
- PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Institute of Geosciences
Working group: Applied Geology - Thesis-Working title: C07 - Retroaction of Geochemical Perturbations and Critical Zone Media Reactivity on Trace Element Speciation and Transport Parameters
- PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Education
- 2019-2021
- Master program: Microbiology
Amity University Noida, India
Master's thesis: Interaction of black rice with nano-embedded symbiotic fungi (Piriformospora Indica) and biofortification of black rice with nanoparticles by the endophytic symbiosis of P. indica
- Master program: Microbiology
- 2015-2019
- Bachelor program: Technology
Amity University Noida, India
Bachelor's thesis: Impact of symbiotic fungus on ZnO nanoparticles
- Bachelor program: Technology
Awards
SITARE-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Appreciation 2020 by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi. (Project ID: BT/BIRAC/SITARE-GYTI-0028/01/19)
Title: Crop productivity and related value addition to Black Rice by co-inoculation with nanoembedded mycorrhizal fungus Piriformospora indica Serendipita
Publications
- Impact of ZnO Nanorods on RNA and Protein of P.indica to Enhance Its Growth. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. (WJPLS, 2020, Vol. 6, Issue 12, 137-144). Attri, M., S., Shardha., M. Khanuja., S. Mahajan and A. Varma
- Impact of ZnO Nano Materials on Medicinal Black Rice Seed Germination. (JMMCE USA, Vol.7 DOI: 10.4236/jmmce.2019.74014) Mahajan, S., S. Barthwal., M.K. Attri, S. Bajpai., S. Dabral, M. Khanuja, and A. Varma.
- Impact on the growth of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (broccoli) by nanomycorrhiza. A Review Journal of Cell and Tissue Research 19 (2): 6687-6694. Varma, A., M.K. Attri, S. Mahajan, S. Bajpai, and M. Khanuja.
- Mutualistic Interaction of Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica) with Aloe vera, the Wonder Plant for Modern Living. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 2002-2011, (DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2019.1011140). Srivastava, N., S. Mahajan, A. Jain, A. Kharakwal, and A. Varma.
Bücher
- Symbiotic Soil Microbes - Biology and Applications. Springer Verlag Germany. (ISBN 978-3- 030-51916-2). Shrivastava, N., S. Mahajan, and A. Varma (2020).
- ANIMAL DUNG: Chemical Composition and Their Applications. Springer Verlag Germany (In Progress). S. Mahajan, Varma, A. (2020).
Patents filed
- Novel black rice-based fortified food targeting micro-and macro-nutritional deficiencies in malnourished children and women. (Patent submitted in June 2019) Varma, A., R. Janardhanan, H. Kharkwal, M. Khanuja, M. Kaur Attri, S. Barthwal, S. Mahajan, S. Bajpai, A. Chandra, P. Ranjan, S. Saeed.
- Kinnow peel waste served as a sole energy source for the mass production of root colonizing symbiotic fungus. (Patent submitted in August 2019) Jerrin, J., Sonali, M. Shubhangi, V. Ajit.
- Since October 2021
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Mirgorodsky, Daniel
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Mirgorodsky, Daniel
Dr.
Work area: Bio-Geo-Interaktion, USER
Telephone: 03641 / 948667
E-Mail: daniel.mirgorodsky@uni-jena.de
Curriculum vitae
- since 2015
- Supervision and participation within BMBF-project USER
- since 2014
- Participation within BMBF-project
Improving quality in teaching for the flexibilisation of individual studies and the promotion of high-school cross-curricular cooperation
(https://www.qualitaetspakt-lehre.de/de/friedrich-schiller-universitat-jena-1725.php)
(http://studieren-im-verbund-jena.de/)
- Participation within BMBF-project
- since 2014
- Scientific assistant
Teaching activities:
Engeneering geology BioGeo-Interactionen, Bore hole geology and pumping tests; Support of B.Sc. und M.Sc. studies
- Scientific assistant
- 01/2008 – 2013
- PhD-thesis
in the framework of the BMBF-project PHYTOREST
Doctoral thesis: Feldversuche zur Sanierung von Schwermetall und Radionuklid kontaminierten Flächen mittels Phytoremediation im ehemaligen Uranbergbaurevier Ronneburg (Ostthüringen)
- PhD-thesis
- 2000 – 2007
- Diploma study
Major subject: Geography
Minor subject: Geology, Geophysics
Diploma thesis: Untersuchung der Grundwasserschwankungen hinsichtlich hydrologischer, hydrogeologischer und vegetationsspezifischer Einflüsse auf dem Biodiversitätstestfeld (Jena-Experiment)
- Diploma study
- since 2015
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Nettemann, Sarah
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Sarah Nettemann
M. Sc. Biogeosciences
Telephone: 03641 / 948667
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 305
E-Mail: sarah.nettemann@uni-jena.de
Project affiliation: BMBF-Projekt USER2
Education
- Since August 2019
- Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institute of Earth Sciences
Chair of Applied Geology
- Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- October 2016 – March 2019
- Master program: Biogeosciences (M.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Master's thesis: Nanoparticle Tracking Fluorescence Analysis (Fluo-NTA): a new method to differentiate between inorganic nanoparticles and biocolloids?
- Master program: Biogeosciences (M.Sc.)
- October 2013 – September 2016
- Bachelorprogram: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Bachelor's thesis: Investigation of the diversity of methylamine-utilizing microorganisms in freshwater ecosystems
- Bachelorprogram: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
- Since August 2019
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Philipp, Sven
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Sven Philipp
M.Sc. Applied Geoscience
Telephone: 06742/80499-60
E-Mail: sven.philipp@uni-jena.deEmployment
- since 12/2018
- Ph.D candidate in Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institute for Geosciences
Chair of Applied Geology
- Ph.D candidate in Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- since 07/2015
- Employee in Wasser und Boden GmbH
Boppard-Buchholz
- Employee in Wasser und Boden GmbH
Education
- 2012-2015
- Master program: Applied Geoscience
Darmstadt University of Technology
Master's thesis: Hydrochemistry and Isotopic Analysis of Deep (Partly Thermal) Wells and Springs in NW-Slovenia"
- Master program: Applied Geoscience
- 2007-2012
- Bachelor program: Applied Geoscience
Darmstadt University of Technology
Bachelor's thesis: Geologische Kartierung des Zechsteins am südöstlichen Harzrand bei Breitungen
- Bachelor program: Applied Geoscience
- since 12/2018
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Pingel, Janis Leon
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Janis Leon Pingel
M. Sc. Geology
Project: Kollorado-e3
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 307
Telephone: 03641 / 948618
E-Mail: janis.leon.pingel@uni-jena.de
Employment
- Since Januar 2020
- PhD candidate
Institut for Geosciences
Chair in applied geology
- PhD candidate
- October 2017 - September 2019
- Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Master's thesis: 4D Geo-Positron-Emission-Tomography (GeoPET) in-situ fluid flow channel visualization in an unaltered granite fracture from Soultz-sous-Forêts (France)
- Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
- April 2014 - September 2017
- Bachelor program: Geoscience (B.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Bachelor's Thesis: Construction of a balanced cross section in the Dinarides fold and thrust belt between the city of Ulcinj and the Lake Shkodër, Montenegro
- Bachelor program: Geoscience (B.Sc.)
- Since Januar 2020
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Pirrung, Michael
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Michael Pirrung
PD Dr.
Responsibilities: Room plan, lecture plan and exam dates (Friedolin) for the study paths B.Sc. and M.Sc. Geosciences, lectureships geology, proportionaltely organisation of biogeoscientific field course.
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111B
Telephone: 03641 / 948644
E-Mail: michael.pirrung@uni-jena.de
Teaching (in german language)
WS: introduction to geosciences field trip, introduction to remote sensing/GIS, proportionately soft rocks, well site geology and geophysics.
SS: mapping for biogeosciences, geological mapping course for biogeosciences, earth history field trip for M.Sc. Geography, proportionately introduction to applied geology, biogeoscientific field course.
Projects
FluviMag
0. General Information (in German language)
FM-01_Formblatt_Probennahme [pdf, 188 kb] de
FM-01_Bearbeiter_Probennehmer [pdf, 214 kb] de
FM-01_Hinweise_Probennahme [pdf, 191 kb] de
FM-02_Gedanken_Hochwasserschutz [pdf, 1 mb] de- Projektziele, Material, Methodik [pdf, 1 mb] de
- Flusssedimente und Liefergesteine [pdf, 2 mb] de
- Magnetische Suszeptibilität [pdf, 982 kb] de
- Materialbezogene Aspekte bei fluviatilem Transport [pdf, 469 kb] de
5. Results (in German or French language)
• 5.1 Hochgebirge – Unterengadin um Scuol [pdf, 2 mb] de
• 5.2 Litoral - Langeoog [pdf, 861 kb] de
• 5.3. Mittelgebirge und Vorland – Loquitz und mittlere Thüringische Saale [pdf, 2 mb] de
• 5.4 Steinkohlenbergbau - Saar [pdf, 7 mb] de
• 5.5 Zusammenfassende Übersicht über fluviatile Sedimente in Zentraleuropa [pdf, 1 mb] de
• 5.6 Tertiäre Vulkanite im Siebengebirge am Rhein [pdf, 5 mb] de
• 5.7 Litoral - Norderney [pdf, 5 mb] de
• 5.8 Glaziale quartäre Ablagerungen – zwischen Lauenburg und Ostsee [pdf, 1 mb] de
• 5.9 Trias-Landschaft – Fränkische Saale [pdf, 572 kb] de
• 5.10 France – Grands bassins sédimentaires et régions volcaniques [pdf, 4 mb] de
• 5.11 France – Massif Armoricain [pdf, 3 mb] de
• 5.12 - Usedom [pdf, 3 mb] deResearch
- Dust as environmental signal from geogenic and anthropogenic sources
- magnetic susceptibility of recent fluvial sediments and their catchment rocks in Germany and surrounding areas
- geochemistry of catchment rocks and recent fluvial sediments in the catchment of river Thüringische Saale
- Projektziele, Material, Methodik [pdf, 1 mb] de
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Riefenstahl, Markus
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Markus Riefenstahl
M. Sc. Biologie
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room D305
Telephone: 03641 / 948667
E-Mail: markus.riefenstahl@uni-jena.de
Field of activity: Phytoremediation, Bio-Geo-Interactions
Project: Phytoremediation experiments with fast-growing tree species
Employment
- since 2013
- PhD candidate
Institute of Geosciences, Working group Applied Geology
- PhD candidate
- since 2012
- Scientific assistant
Institute of Geosciences, FSU in Jena
- Scientific assistant
- 2003–2012
- Bachelor + Master program: Biology, Geography und Geology (B.Sc. + M.Sc.)
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Masterthesis: Studies on the effect of microbial factors and Ethanolamin on growth parameters and heavy metal tolerance in plants
- Bachelor + Master program: Biology, Geography und Geology (B.Sc. + M.Sc.)
- since 2013
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Ude, Michael
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Michael Ude
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 213
Telephone: 03641 / 948721
E-Mail: michael.ude@uni-jena.de
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van Laaten, Neele
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Neele van Laaten
Postdoc
Project: Anthropogenic and geogenic sources of dust in urban areas in Central Germany
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111A
Telephone: 03641 / 9-48669
E-Mail: neele.van-laaten@uni-jena.de
Employment
- Since 08/2020
- Postdoc
- Postdoc
- 02/2016 – 07/2020
- PhD-student
Member of the International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC)
Doctoral thesis: Metals in urban dust: Potentials of spider web biomonitoring and statistical approaches to identify anthropogenic sources of urban particulate matter
- PhD-student
- 01/2019 – 04/2019
- Research stay at the University of Copenhagen, section Chemometrics and Analytical Technology
- Research stay at the University of Copenhagen, section Chemometrics and Analytical Technology
- 10/2013 – 01/2016
- Master program: Environmental Chemistry (M.Sc.)
Specialised course: Earth Sciences
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Master’s thesis (translated from German): Chemometric evaluation of the metal transport between soil and plant in pot experiments with energy crops
- Master program: Environmental Chemistry (M.Sc.)
- 10/2010 – 09/2013
- Bachelor program: Chemistry (B.Sc.)
Specialised course: Environmental Chemistry
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Bachelor’s thesis (translated from German): Degradation of trace contaminants in aquatic systems by means of sonocatalytic processes
- Bachelor program: Chemistry (B.Sc.)
Research Interests
I am an environmental (geo)chemist mainly focusing on heavy metals in different environmental/geological matrices. One aspect of my work is biomonitoring of urban particulate matter, for example with spider webs. Another aspect is LA-ICP-MS which I apply on both geological and biological solid samples.
Besides, I am particularly interested in chemometrics. I am applying (multivariate) statistical methods to deal with big datasets and/or maximize the amount of information I can get from chemical analyses (e.g. identification of pollution sources or areas of special interest in solid samples).
- Since 08/2020
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Weinzierl, Gerit
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Gerit Weinzierl
Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room L003
Telephone: 03641 / 948653
E-Mail: gerit.weinzierl@uni-jena.de